Mayweather Backs Out Of Fight

After a predominantly ‘WTF?’ response from the news that Floyd Mayweather would be coming out of retirement for the 1125654th time to fight Tenshin Nasukawa with the Rizin Fighting Federation, guess what, he’s only gone and backed out of it!

Well, not quite…

In an Instagram post, the fighter confirmed that he had never actually agreed to a fight with the Japanese kickboxer Nasukawa, and that he only recently knew the guy existed.

“Now that I am back on U.S.soil after a long and disappointing trip to Tokyo, I now have the time to address you, my fans and the media in regards to the upcoming event on December 31st that was recently announced.First and foremost, I want it to be clear that I, Floyd Mayweather, never agreed to an official bout with Tenshin Nasukawa.In fact (with all due respect) I have never heard of him until this recent trip to Japan.

Ultimately, I was asked to participate in a 9-minute exhibition of 3 rounds with an opponent selected by the “Rizen Fighting Federation”.What I was originally informed of by Brent Johnson of “One Entertainment” was that this was to be an exhibition put on for a small group of wealthy spectators for a very large fee.This exhibition was previously arranged as a “Special Bout” purely for entertainment purposes with no intentions of being represented as an official fight card nor televised worldwide.”

Tenshin Nasukawa is only 20 but is considered to be one of the best Kickboxers in the world. Despite the fact that this would have been an unexpected matchup, it would possibly have been a fantastic spectacle to watch. But I guess now we will never know.

“I want to sincerely apologize to my fans for the very misleading information that was announced during this press conference and I can assure you that I too was completely blindsided by the arrangements that were being made without my consent nor approval,” Mayweather said.

Do you think this is just general confusion and a badly managed mess or is it a very calculated move to draw attention to whatever fights both Mayweather and Tenshin end up in next?